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been assumed in my report in 1833, as the excess to be provided for." Now, did Mr. Brunel mean 7 per cent. oa the original estimate of two millions and a half ? Mr: BRUNEL—I meant seven per cent. he) and what - the works would cost without the increased gage. Mr. HEYwoant—Then it means seven per cent. of an increase ou what the works would cost. Mr. BRUNEL—I stated that the excess would be seven per cent. beyond what the four feet eight inch gage would cost.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Mr. HEYWORTH then proposed as an ,amendment that the meeting be farther adjourned, for the purpose of giving each of the subscribers an opportunity of considering Mr. Wood's and Mr. Hawkshawe's reports ; and that the ad journed meeting be hold at this place seven days after the reports are in the Ilan is of the subscribers. Mr. Purer s seconded the amendment. He regretted that it had not fallen into abler hands, but the startling facts which had been disclosed rendered such a proceeding abso lutely necessary. It was impossible that the Proprietors could lay their hands on their hearts, and say that they were satisfied with the former proceedings of the Directors. The only er ,and work for future confidence, was in the experieeeei cf the past. He would not enter into details, but e ould confine himself to two most important points— the delays in the opening of the Railway, and the in crease upon the original estimates.—( Hear.) Mr. Phipps here read extracts from the Reports of the Directors, for the purpose of showing that it had been stated that the line between Maidenhead and London would be open in July, 1837, and that between Bristol and Bath at the end of 1837, and the entire line in 1840. In a subsequent re port that the line between Bristol and Bath would be com pleted in February, 1838, postponements had gone on from one half yearly report to another without any good cause being assigned. He would now pr , teed to the other point, namely, the increased estimates. The original one was two millions and a half, and on the 16th of February, 1837, the Directors announced that there would he some increase, but not material in amount. In the Report now before them the aggregate estimate was 4,568,928/. exclusive of locomotive power and carriages for traffic, making a difference on the first cost of 90 or 100 per cent. That such should be the ea , e was not ex traordinary, after the statements they had jest heard from Mr. Heyworth. There was evidently reasonable cause of distrust in the minds of the Shareholders, that things were not carried on in the way in which they ought to be. It was far from his intention to lay the shadow of an imputa tion against the Directors. He believed them to be most honourable men, but it was not too much under the circum stances to ask them to pause. Although much evil had been done, he was convinced that the remedy was practi cable if they only adopted it. He would implore the Pro prietors for their own sakes, and that of the absent Share holders, to consent to the adjournment. Tile evil of ad journment might be said to be nominal, but the evil of going on was incalculable—their next step, whether for weal or woe, was irretrievable.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN said the amendment differed very much from the tone of the observations of the mover and seconder. He could not see how the anticipated reports would throw any light on their past expenditure. Mr. Brunel, he presumed, would be able to give satisfactory answers to the questions addressed to him. Mr. HOTES wished to say a few words on Kyanizing be fore Mr. Brunel rose to reply. The statement of the ex pense of Kyanising, as compared with the Great Western, was made on his authority, and the amount would not ex ceed 3201. per mile. He was obliged to Dr. Carpenter, for telling them that their line was a grand experimental one, upon which Mr. Wood, one of the first engineers of the day, would not make up his mind.—(Loud cries of " No, no.") Dr. CARPENTER explained. Mr. H TES proceeded to state at some length the cost of the Kyanising process on the Birmingham an I Gloucester, and Belton and Bury lines. He then alluded to the item of screws, in which twenty tons were charged at 15/. sterling per ton, and he was informed that these screws actually did cost 15/. per ton. He agreed with Mr. Heyworth and Mr. Phipps that they ought not to pass these accounts. He had no wish to cast obloquy on the Directors. All his objections were against the engi neer, and h e h a d a l ways ma i nta i ne d th a t it was uttery impossible they could place confidence in h'm. They had been told that when they were dissatisfied they ought to retire. That was not his opinion of the duties of a Share bolder. He was firmly of opinion that with ordinary management the Great Western line would be one of the best in the kingdom. Having the most sanguine opinion about it, be was not going to take their opinion and sell out. He would pawn his shirt before he would leave them. —(Great cheering, and Hear, hear.) He bagged to dis claim the most remote desire of expressing any personal hostility towards Mr. Brunel, but to his plans, or rather to the absence of all plan, he ascribed all the evils and expenses they had been involved in. Mr. PINNAIRD said as Mr. Hoyes had disclaimed all wish to throw obloquy on the Directors, he ought to withdraw an expression he had made use of, when he stated that if the report of Mr. Hawkshawe had been favourable, the Directors would have read it. Mr. HOYES readily agreed that it was rather a rash expression, and he had no objection to esipdratv it.— (Loud cheers.) He had invariably maintained that a more honourable body of men were not to be found than the Directors of the Great Western Railway. The CHAIRMAN said it was most satisfactory to find that, when an expression had been hastily used, it had been set right in the handsomest manner. Mr. BRUNEL could not feel surprised that the gentleman, who had last addressed them, had stated that he could not place confidence in him. No professional man, however eminent, could be trusted, if implicit reliance was placed on the calculations made, and the deductions drawn from them. He considered them incorrect in almost every item, and the inferences drawn not be justified. The statement which he had g iven of the expe nse o f ti m b er bearings, as compared with that of stone blocks, was comparative, and the Hon. Proprietor must see that from the heading, which ran, " I beg to lay before you a comparative esti mate," &c., and in every instance the comparison was alluded to throughout.—(Hear, hear.) Several of the items in the estimate had been alluded to in a manner that was not quite fair ; and when it was stated that he had made no provision for Kyanizing, he would rater him to the item of Si. per load of American pine, converted and pickled.—(Cheers.) With respect to the screws, the ones referred to at 151. per ton were not the same as those referred to at 561. per ton. When the statement was framed it was proposed to spike the rails to the timber, but it was afterwards found that wood screws at sid. to 6d. per lb. would be a great deal better. With respect to Kyanizing, the deductions were not quite fairly put. The charge for tanks, &c., included the whole expense of establishing saw-pits, wharfs, carpen ters works, sheds, &c., along the whole line.—( Hear, hear.) He would remind the meeting, also, that only about one-third of the Bolton and Bury line was laid upon Kyanized timber, and when he stated that the ex pense of pickling on the Great Western was about Bs. or 9s. a load he thought they would find that it was cheaper than on the other lines referred to. Some discussion here took place between Mr. Brunel and Mr. Heyworth relative to the extent of the Bolton and Bury line, which had been laid down with Kyanized timber, the result of which showed that only 7} miles of the 10 were so constructed. Mr. BRUNEL observed that that made a difference of 25 per cent. in the expense. He would now refer to the Engineer expences, and he would tell them exactly what was included under that head in the Great Western Rail way, although he could not tell what was included under that bead in other lines. The salaries of himself and hie assistants were not larger, nor he believed so large as those on the London and Birmingham line, and be did riot well s ee la" they could reduce their individual emoluments, because, there was nothing capable of retrench ment on that p o i nt. Beyond the salaries of the officers, there were very lareepe nces, which from the observa tions made, it w ou ld ( ' have b e en bett er f or hi m if th e y b a d never been includ e d under the ehead of E ng i neer i ng . All h the services connected with alihe application to Parliament for deviations and alteraions-- expenses paid to Sur veyors, were charged to the. E n ginte expenseerin department. F There was then a considerable weeklyorwit t l i te payment of labourers affecting small works connected ing, such as the sinkin g of shafts for the exami e n n a g tiO n n e o N f fencing the line were tunnels • and it was only on Wedn(sday last that he had remarked, th:-.!- the charge s . for ac tually in the engineering expens es, All the ac_ throuzh the engi n e e r's_ . office, have created counts ping for wa I 't the e n r i fa i -- impression, whimleotdheerattaec,t an erroneous neering expences were verysalaries were as small, son, that the _ the number not 60 rna than on other lines, and e suffering serious inconvenience larg e. from the (Mr. Brunel) was su feeling that had been excite d, but he trusted he had freed himself from the imputation that himself , or others about him, were deriving a larger emolument than they were fairly entitled to.—(Loud cheers.) The next point referred to wits I.is tendency to increasing the ex penditure coule qui collie. Such sy s t e m would be r as it was as contrary to the spirit of eng inee ing to make defective works. It was just as es sential for the character of an engineer that he could build a work,el.l eap as that he could build it well. His boast, • _hi)44 ) er g would be to do the work well and cheaply. W th - ilea* to the quotation from the tunnels, he must . 24 cersa • 'hat he had been misunderstood. The in 1y W paregs4 'as rather a long one, huthad re ho eer feu re he: at differ cc in the earth wort; atid brikig;s rich \s , u. be require:l bf. the narrow ski gi-;e• and he had stated, " IL, , the f 11 fee( allowed for each viii, a 7 feet eek .. • N a r._ 0 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 183,5. very little of that tr4ffie passed along the Grind Junction line at all. After a few words from Mr. BItUNEL, in explanation, Mr. BRIGHT, the Deputy Chairman, as the substitute for the Chairman, returned thanks for the resolution which had been passed by the Proprietors. It was impossible to state what the feelings of the Directors had been during the last six weeks, traduced and vilified as they had been by jobbers and journalists, who in their ignorance and im pudence had, to some extent, misled the unwary.— ( Hear, and loud cheering.) They had been assailed week after week—their actions and their - characters lnd been impugned, but they had borne all in silence, be cause they were aware that, ere long, they would appear before the Proprietors, the only legitimate tribunal. — (Hear, hear.) That day their judgment once deterred, had been pronounced. He thanked them, not for their verdict, for no thanks was due for justice—not for their approbation, thr that they• had merited; bttt in the name of the arectors from his heart he thanked them for the kindness with which their verdict had been pronounced, and ti e feeling with which their approval had been confirined.—(Cheers ) He hoped he might be allowed to express a bode, in which he would include not only the •Directors, but their gifted enginetr— that man, singular in his genius as in his manly modesty— (Cries of " On, oh," followed by loud and vehement cheer -6;o—fearless of obloquy—patient under imputations — (Cheers) —strong in his opinions, yet open to conviction, placing - no pride in art, but as it led to the investigation of truth-4 assuredly unexampled and unimpeachable in. tegr;tv, that ere long he would overcome by convictmn his honourable opponents, and triumph over the dastardly wretches who had basely p,rbrz.d to paltry gain —(Loud and vehement cheering ) He trnste.l that they might often thus meet —they to render, and the Pi oprii.tors to re ceive, their account. If they knew themselves, they felt that they were not unworthy ; and if they knew the Proprietors, they were convinced that their s •rvicei would be received with kindness and with gratitude —(Loud cheering.) Mr. H EYWORTH then moved a vote of thanks to the ChAi,m in for the diznitied manor in which he had con ducted the proceedings of the meeting. The reo•ion was carried amid loud acclamation, and the meeting afterwards broke up. SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY, Considerable progress has been made in the - prosecution of this important undertaking between these two great commercial towns. The first contract for works having been let to Messrs. Smith, Eekersby, and Worswiek, there was a grand meeting on the 24th ult., of the Directors, Shareholders, and other parties iitterested in the concern, about the centre of the line, to celebrate the first tweaking of the ground. The preliminary business of the morn ing consisted of Mr. Vienoles, the engineer, explaining the arious details of the works. By refer& nee to the Parlia mentary and other plans and sections, the whole distance will he found to be 391 miles, joiteing the Manchester and Birmingham Railway at Chancery-lane, Ardwick, thence by the Pottery at Gaston to within 900 yards of Ashton under-Lyne. Proceeding in a direct line, it passes over the river Tame and Peak Forest Canal, at Dultitiford, to the Dewsnup colliery close by the villege of Ne atoe green, crossing the new turnpike-road from Hyde to Mottram, throueh Godley and Hattersley, to the river Etherow or Mersey, at Broadbotton ; it then gee near the reservoirs of Mr. Pottor's print-works, within half a mile of Glossop, by Denting-vale, to the entrance of the tunnel near Saltershrook ; after passing through the tun nel, the line will be by the valley of the Don, by Peniston, Oxspring, and Wortley, to the terminus at Sheffield. Mr. ropes, sent t and o d him ea Vignoles then availed himself o f th e o p por t un i ty o f exhi biting a new boring instrument pbayblehisof sun in Germany. It is worked by pene trating a twelve-inch bore, at six feet per day, through a so:id rock, the . importance of such an effective and ingenious instrument in a work like the Sheffield and Manchester Railway need not be expatiated upon. The Company the adjourned to an excellent cold collation, in the prin cipal marquee, Lord Wharncliffe in the Cheir, supported by Mr. Vignoles, the Hon. John Stuart Wortley, George Sidebottom, E,q., the other Directors, &c. The repast being over, and the usual toasts given, the health of the Noble Chairman was proposed with three times three, and most rapturously received by the whole Company, upon which, Lord WHARNCLIFFE rose and said,—Since I have pre sided at the Board of Directors, my anxious wish has been to induce them, and I found no difficulty in so inducing them, to act in such a manner as should eke confidence to the public, by showing that it is our earnest wish and honest determination to perform, to the best of our power and means, the duty that we have undertaken. I have ever impressed upon them, and they have acted upon it, that at no time ow.tlit we to look to the raising of the shares above their real value—( Hear) —but. rather to let the public judge 'calmly and dispassionately of the work we have undertaken, and then there is no fear as to their deciding rightly in the end, or that all those who have subser:bed to this groat work will obtain sufficient remu neration for this employment of their capital.—(Hear, and cheers.) Thisis one of the greatest comfit unicatioes (for the Leeds and Manchester line must also be taken into account) between the two lergest and most flourishing counties of the North ; and I flitter myself that this Railway will open out advantages to the towns of Shef field and Manchester such as are little experi •nced at present ; and, indeed, except so far as Sheffield is con cerned, it does not appear to me that this Railway is va lued as it deserves.—(Hear.) I also flatter thyself that this line will prove to be the beginning of the nearest com munication between the ports of Liverpool and Hull. There can be no doubt that if a proper line cen b formed from Peniston to Barnsley, from thence to the Humber will be a work of very little difficulty ; and, us I have been informed, and have reason to believe, that that communication between Peniston and Barnsley will not he found more difficult than that from Peniston to Sheffield ; and therefore I cannot help hoping that the work wo ha‘e set on foot will be found many miles—some say thirty miles —the shortest communication between Hull and Liver pool.—(Hear, and cheers.) •And I leave you to judge how far that will be an advantage, not only to tie, the Sub scribers, but to the whole trading community of the coun trv.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, 1 will give you the health of Mr. Vignoles, the engineer, and success to hint in the undertaking." Mr. CHARLES VIGNOLES, in acknowledging the. toast (which was drunk with cheers), begged to say that he considered this one of the most auspicioes days in his pro fessional career. It was at all events the first step towards the completion of that great work which for the last two or three years had been the subject of his great anxiety— a work which was to put forth the power of the it), (emotive engine, and the carrying of a . railway through a country and over difficulties which, up to the present time, had been considered almost insurmountable. But, with the confiden ce o f t h e su b scr ib ers , w i t h t h e ki n d su pport (which inde e d h e h a d always rece i ve d) o f hi s L or d s hi p a nd the Directors, and with that confidence which he hoped every professional man had, or ought always to have, in his own plans, he did not doubt of carrying the work to a successful completion.—( Cheers.) At all events, so far as gradients were concerned, it had been successfully' demonstrated that they had nothing at all to apprehend ; and . he beli eve d a ll t h e Di rectors an d Subscribers were convincedotl rygli that th ere was but one point unresolved, viz , otherw h whet point, materials his o own mind tunonte least, would vr as as n el e e t a ra r t a e s . Every daylight. He had always put forth to them, that this three miles of tunnel would pass nearly, if not altogether, through hard niAterials ; and he thought their own in spection that d a y wou ld s h ow then t h at t here was l i ttle to apprehend that-it wou ld b e o th erw i se . P ro b a bl y, at the next half-ye arty meeting, in February next, h e shauld be able to report that the lliat being generalityo of the so, linend as was foundher be of that hard material which he had alway s avowe d his expectation to find it. peered to be some little anxiety on this score amongstp their friends in Sheffield, he had thus expressed his opinion, and his belief that it was the only thing wanting to give the public confidence in the line , and to enable hint to carry it out with all the vigour desirable. His own pro fessional reputation, his own fortune even, were embarked in this undertaking, and he considered it one of the best speculations a man could enter into ; therefore they might feel fully assured that he vas he t.ty in the cause. He gain thanked them, and would assure them that he was about to make a sacrifice of every other professional enzate rnent, in order that he might give his whole attention to this line. He hoped that when next they met on a festiv e oc casion. its object would be to celebrate, not the commence ment, but the completion of' the summit tunnel —(Cheers.) B permiss on of the chair lie would give a toast, and he would calf upon them to drink with him, to the noble and rising family of Lord Wharncliffe—(Cheers)---that such success, as those prest.nt had been wishing to their own un de:eak;ne, might attend them through life ; and that they might prove worthy scions of that noble stock which had re flected so touch honour on both sides of our summit ridge.— (Drunk with cheers.) The Hon. JOHN STUART WORTLEY (his Lordship's eldest son) then returned thanks ; and, after the healthy of Messrs. George and William Sidebottom (the latter Vice- Chairman of the Board), and other persons connected with the Railway, had been respectively drunk, the party sepa rated, delighted with the conviviality of the day, an d im pressed with the convietion both of the importance and utility of the undertaking, its conlparat;ve facility Of execu tion as well as the moral certainty, from Cleo Pcimia': and trading districts the lino passes through, of its afforu.r!g most lucrative remunerating return es the capital invested, gage might be placed ju-t as well as a a feet, leaving the bridges, tunnels, and viaducts exactly the same, but 11 feet was thought be some still too n arrow ; and when it is remembered that this barely allows a width of 10 feet for loads, whether of cotton, wool, agricultural produce, or other light goods, and which are liable, also, to be displaced in travelling, 13 feet (which has been fixed upon in the Great Western Railway, and which limits the maximum breadth, under any circumstances, to about 12 feet) mill net be found excessive." Having maintained a width of thirty feet on the viaducts and bridges, he thought that it would be better for the two or three miles of tunnels which would occur in the whole length of the line, to maintain the ntaxitnurn space of thirty feet. Tunnels, they were aware, when once formed could not be altered without a frightful expense, and to make the bridges and viaducts thirty feet wide, and to limit the tunnels to twenty-four, appeared to him to be extremely unwise.— Cheers.) With respect to the next point, gradients. there he thought arguments had been advanced which, if applied would lead to the greatest extravagance instead of eco nomy. Having arrived at the gradient of 1 in 528, or 10 feet in the mile, it was assumed that no profitable advan tage could be - obtain- ti by going further. Now the gra dients on the Great Western Line were four feet in the mile, which made a d ilerence of 26 per cent. in the loco motive power in the direction of the ascent of the plane. —(Hear, hear.) He was quite aware that arguments had been frequently advanced that an engine which was capable of drawing an average load up a gradient of four feet in the mile, would be equally good for ten feet in the mile ; but such was not the fact. When they saw two engines on -the Grand Junction, or on the London and Birmingham line, propelling a train, what was the cause? Was it not because the ordinary engine was not sufficiently powerful to move the train up an in. clination of 16 feet in the mile ? And why ? because engines would be always constructed to suit the ave rage loads they were to carry. He really did not. know how it could be asserted that little advantage could be obtained by gaining better gradients. The resistance up the inclined plane to the Oxford Station would be 20 per cent. greater were the gradients 10 feet in a mile, than if they were only 4 feet in a mile ; and what advantage is it that you can come back more rapidly ? You must have the power beck that you take up to Oxford.--(Hear, hear.) When they capitalize the saving on locomotive power they will find the diffe rence between engines of 100 and 128 per cent. He contended, therefore, that it was good economy to expend that sum in the first instance, not only because it would command the best traffic, but that it would keep it.— (Hear, hear.) Acting as the engineer of that Company, what he had looked to was the greatest possible return ftir the capital expended, and he would add a permanent re turn. He did not wish to allude to any particular lines, but he might imagine a line where the gradients were not the most favourable, and where the distance was not the shortest, and which, therefore, could not be worked at the cheapest co-t. He mig'it suppose rival lines running pa rallel to those which might cut, off a considerable portion of their profits.—( Heel-, he Sr.) He hoped that all would pay, but he thought that in laying down a line of Railway those matters should be considered, and if a line could maintain its superiority from these causes over other lines, it would not only have a large but a permanent return for the capital invested.—(Cheers.) Mr. Brunel here re ferred to the Chester and Crewe line and the Manchester and Birmingham line, which, he said, was likely to in terfere very materially with the traffic of the Grand Junction, and these points ought to be materially considered in laying doe n a new line.—(Great cheering.) Those by whom he had been employed bad allowed him to point out those advantages, and with their sanction, as a man of business, and not from any wanton or whimsi cal wish to expend the money of the Shareholders, he had adopted what he conceived to be the most economical plan,—(Cheers.) He was reminded of one great point. Looking at the convection between Oxford and London. Suppose the former town was connected with the Birmingham line and the Great Western, could there be a doubt from the superiority of the gradients on the Great Western, that it would not command the entire traffic? It was not a question of—would they divide the traffic? But, who would get all? And the difference of 26 per cent. in locomotive power would bring the whole of the traffic to the Great Western line.—(Much cheerine.) He had not taken up these plans fur the purpose of incurring expense, but from what he believed to be a sound view of the interests of the Company ; and upon that he was perfectly willing to stake his reputation as a professional man. After a few remarks from Mr. Seale and Mr. Heyworth, Mr. BABBAGE came forward, and said that a short time ago he had little anticipated that he would take any pert in the proceedings of the meeting. He had always taken a great interest in matters of this sort, and he would shortly state to them why he had come there, and what means he had taken to inform himself on the subject. In the course of a tour he had made six or eight weeks ago, he had heard of the progress of various railways, but in all his experience of unfounded reports and statements, he had never met with so much of what he ectreived to be delusion, with respect to the inconvenience of travelling on the Great Western Railroad.—(Hear.) Every coffee-room from there to the Highlands teemed with reports ; and although not a pro fessional engineer, as one of the Shareholders of the un dertaking, he made up his mind to travel upon other Railways, and, by conversing with professional men connected with them, to form his opinion upon the merits and demerits of each. He had gone over twelve Railways with great minuteness, in coniequence of that determina tion ; and he had obtained the opinions of those whom he thought most competent to offer them. He bad written his remarks white they were fresh in his memory ; during the transit, he bad noticed the number of vibrations, and all the other advantages and disadvantages, and the Railways would then stand. in a certain numerical order. Among these the Great Western stood second in point of comfort and facility in travelling.—(Cheers.) He would observe that even then he was doing injustice to the Great Western, because he travelled on an experimental train, going at the rate of forty miles an hour.—(Renewed cheering.) He was not aware at the time that the Company bad referred to Mr. Wood, but he was delighted to find that such was the case, because, ft out what he knew of him, he was satis fied that they would get from him facts upon which they would all agree.—( Hear, hear.) They were at a period of great and advancing mechanical knowledge, and in con structing their Railway it was desirable to look forward to a greater traffic -hereafter. The outlay at the present .noment might appear to be extravagant, but at the end of five or ten years it would turn out a very different thing. The more their line had a capacity to adapt itself to the improvements of the day, the more profitable it would be. Mr. Babbage then referred to the wide gage, and the longitudinal bearers, to both of which he expressed himself decidedly favourable. Ha then referred to a series of ex periments made on the Newcastle and Durham Railway, f or . , the purpose of ascertaurng . tne wearand tear of engines,vrhich he showed had been materially increased from the difficulty of getting at de parts requiring repairs. He then referred to the Report of the Irish Railway Commissioners, which had been sanctioned by an eminently practical man, Mr. Drummond, who was also in favour of an increased width between the rails. Another question was—Suppose they wished to alter the gage, would they save much ? He believed not, and be entreated them to weigh the clues. tion well before they ventured to make the change he had heard suggested.—(Cries of " Hear," and cheers.) His opinion on the whole was, that the grossest fallacies relative to the Great Western Railwey were abroad. It was against their common irate esta that these fallaciesishould be propagated, and lie called upon them to refute them, by obtaining the best iliforination they could on the subject. It they suspended the works, and said they had no confi dence in their engineer, his (Mr. B.'s) conviction was, that they would throw back the progress of Railways for many years, and inflict a deep injury on commerce and manufac ture.—(Cheers.) Again he would point out to them the vast invisible expense, by that sort of distraction of mind to which the Directorshadbeen latterly subjected. He would entreatof them all to turn their attention to the best means of direct ing this energies of the Proprietary to carrying on, to a profitable conclusion, the important work in which they were all embarked. Some discussion then took place as to the probable time when Mr. Wood's report would be ready ; an.! the Chair man eventually fixed the 20th of December as the period when a Special Meeting of the Proprietors should be heed in London, for the purpose of taking the reports of Mr. Wood and Mr. Hawkshavre into consideration. With this understanding, Mr. Heyworth said he had no objection to withdraw his amendment ; and the motion, that the Report be received and adopted, was then carried unanimously. forward Mr. HoYE as,r s had 3otif five v iv ure n s o o t i ie of uctions, hisbut intentionfor rtii bring gprentbe Would withdra w them ; at the same time, he begged to state that he had not in any way altered his opinion. Mr. I.3aaaaGE moved a vote of thanks to the Directors for the manner in which thy had conducted the business of the Company. The motion was seconded by J. HAIR, Esq., and carried with acclamation. Mr. SWIFT then moved a resolution to the effect " that in the registration book, whi h is open to the Shareholders, and in which the names of the Proprietors are entered, he number of shares held by each should also be speci fied." The motion was opposed by M r . J ones and some ot h er , -,- oa tletnen, but e!' , vt‘l i carried. Mr. LlEywown.i. ,• • •••• • tut , otile inisunderstandin, • r. ,nettt Of Mr. .Urn 'D L ." u.,,ster .Way to take away the trail.: from the Grand Junction line. The fact t va , that SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. ~~~. We congratulate the public on the very cortsiderah7e im provement of the revenue, as exhibited in the official state ment of receipts made up to last night. The net increase upon the year is, in round numbers, 741,000/. That upon the quarter just ended is 655,0001. The largest increase upon the whole year is under the head of Customs, while in the last quarter the increase under that head is inconsi derable. The Excise, on the other hand, presents a di minution in the year's receipts, hut an increase during the last quarter as compared with the corresponding quarter of last ye ir, amounting to considerably more than a moiety of the aggregate increase of the quarter. W e cherish the hope that the commercial difficulties in which this and other countries have been involved having now passed away, the revenue will be permanently and steadily pregressive. The prospect, undoubtedly, would be still more cheering if we had the good fortune to possess a Chancellor of the Exchequer capable of turning this prosperity to the best account for the relief of the country from taxation.—Morninei Post. It must be highly gratifying to our readers to perceive, by an abstract of the state of the Revenue published in another part of our paper, that the accounts of the nation are in a most favourable position. On the Customs of the last quarter, there has been an increase o. 33,155/. ; on the Excise, 388,492/. ; on Stamps, 129,224/. ; on Taxes, 19 .9531. ; with other items, which, allowing for a trifl ng and solitary decrease of 8,0061. on the Post-office, give a total increase on the quarter of 655,910/. ; and on the year, as compared with the preceding, an increase of 741,045/. Though we by no means regard the condiiion of the Revenue as an indication of the efficiency or stae. bility of Ministers, yet this improvement denotes a state of commercial, social, and foreign relations of a character most .cheering to the national prospects. The opposition which has defeated the policy of Ministers, must. necessarily to some extent have impaired public confidence, and the increase of the Revenue, under such circumstances, is a most gratifying proof that the fitian c-al relations of the country are based on a support too firm to be shaken by the struggles of conflicting parties. Had the Tories been in power, the result might have been different, not that we consider the present Administration to have contributed to the increase of the r‘l, - nue, but we are firmly convinced that the accession of a Tory Ministry, and the agitation and mistrust such an event would neces sarily engender, would materially contribute to its diminu tion. Agitated, however, as the nation is, public confidence is unimpaired. The state of the revenue must be estima ted not so much by the increase it has received as by the diminution it. has escaped. Ministerial influence, however directed, has greater tendency to injure than to improve, and, therefore, favourable as is the state of the revenue, we should rather thank Providence that it is no worse than indulge in any extraordinary exultation at its increase. To the exclusion of a Tory Ministry, however, if not to the a'ntenance of the present, we may confidently attribute he encouraging state of the public ledger.-11/iwning Ad verliser. The abstract of the state of the revenue for the quarter which ended yesterday, exhibits a slight improvement, both as regards the preceding quarter, and the preceding year. On the year, the total increase amounts 741,0451. ; on the quarter, the increase amounts to 655,9101. It roust be borne in mind, however, that this improvement in . the state of the revenue is an improvement only relatively to the two preceding ye , rs—the most disastrous, almost, in the history of English finance. On these two years, as compared with those which preceded them, there was a decline in the in come of the country, to the extent of nearly 3,000,0001. And, although, during the last quarter, things have mended a little ; yet the slight increase wall be foond by no means adequate to meet the greatly increased outlay of public money consequent on the Canadian rebellion, and other e mergencies of the public service. There is one important fact embodied in the abstract of the revenue just published, important, in so far as it illustrates the influence of Whig priciples of government on the coudiiion o f th e lahowing poor. There was, last year, a marked decline in the na tional income derived from exciseable articles ; and this year, - despite the slglit improveme n t i n o th er d e p ar t ments , there appears a further decline in the excise returns. Our financial documents supply no other test so decisive as to the measure of the poor man's enjoyments. The result 'be fore us is quite in accordance with the leonine of Whiggery. The march of Reform" has gradually and regularly les sened the labourers' comforts.-41forning Herald. We this day lay before our readers the Revenue ac counts for the quarter ended 10th October, 1838. It will be seen that the increase is considerable on the quarter's and the year's revenue. The income for the quarter ended 10th October, 1838, is 12,349,0751. The income for the corresponding quarter of 1837 was 11,693,1651. The increase on the revenue of the quar ter is 655.910/. The income for the year ended, 10th October, 1838, is 43.628,6831.; and fur the year ended 10th Octoher, 1837, 42,887,638 ; and the increase 741,045/. In the quarter the chief increase has been, in the Excise 388,4921., and in the Stamps 129,2241. The only decrease is in the Post-Office, 8,0061., which is easily accounted for. In the year there is an increase in a the Customs of 450.675/., in the Stamps of 174,9221„ and in the Post-office of 45,2571., while there is a de crease in the Excise of 179,4501., and in the Taxes of 46,2231. A new it m aepears in these accounts—the re venue from Crown lands. No less a sum than 130,0001. a year is derived from this source, of which 65,0001. is entered for the quarter just ended. The favourable change in the 'revenue proves that the severe crisis to which the nation has been subjected is now over ; and though it would be preposterous, with the prospect of privations front scarcity and high prices which await the most numerous and important part of the population— the working chases—to say that we are in a prosperous condition, yet we hope the best from the successful indus try and enterprise of the periple.—Morning Chronicle. W e publish in another column the official declaration of the quarter'i revenue ; but we see nothing in it to justify the hallelujahs with which the Government prints accom panied the announcement that it would appear to-day.— The Minist er i a l p r i n t s h ave b een b us ily scr ibbli ng a t our ebservati ons o f M on d ay on t h e R eport o f t h e Irish Red'. way Com m i ss i oners, an d , w i t h t h e i r usua l success, t h ey have m anage d to sink st i ll deeper i nto the mire those whom they attempted to extricate. They endeavour to justify the minute details into which the Commissioners have gone as to the cost of execution, and the return to be expected, by asserting them to be necessary to fulfil the letter and in tent of the letters patent—namely, " to guide the Legislature in the consideration of the projects that may be brought before it." This is an obvious absurdity. The foregoing quotation, from the in structions given to the Commissioners, clearly shows that they were appointed, not to determine the ques tion of whether railroads would pay the cost of making them in Ireland, not of what that return was likely to amount to, and still less, certainly, to furnish estimates for the public to turn railway-makers themselves, but merely and simply to inquire which lines would be the most ad vantageous for the country at large, in order to assist Par liament in deciding on the comparative claims of the rival lines which have been or may be proposed to it by different companies, as is so unequivocally expressed in the words above quoted from the letters patent. It is one thing to have surveys taken and inquiries made respecting popula tion, traffic, and means, of a sufficient extent to compare the relative advantages of different lines of railroeds ; but it is surely quite another thing to enter into the minute estimates of a contractor, and to calculate to fractional parts the re turns of the speculation. We ihink,hovvever,the estimates of the Commissioners are not likely to weigh much with capital ists, and that the mischief is likely to be confined to the use less exp(.nditure of public money. Will any Whig or Radical economist look to this? " Honest J be expected to take it up, seeeig that it is an Irish job, and oe . ".caneot and he now a joint of the tail, unless he should happen to hate dabbled in the Kilkenny line, objected to by the Com missioners, or his constitu , nts should prefer it to that re commended in that Report. But the strongest objection to this part of the Commissioners' proceedings arises from the motive which would seem to have prompted it—the de sire to make out a case for the advance of public money. We did not blame the Commissioners for having dis obeyed their instructions in omitting to take into con sideration, in their estimates of the returns " the means which may be anticipated from the resources which may in future be developed." Our only ob ject in stating the circumstance w as t o show the folly and useless expense of attempting to make such an estimate; since, although the progressive improve ment of Ireland must obviously form (as the Commis sioners fully state in another part of their Report) one of the chief ingredients, if not the staple itself, of the re turns to be expected from railways in Ireland, and although t h e y felt so strongly the absurdity of basing any the Commissioners were specially instructed to take the ,‘ future means and resources' . of the country into consi deration,ou a circumstance so totally uncertain in its pro d extent, that they nevertheless omitted it. A arid trustworthy estimate, forsooth, in which it necessary to omit—in the teeth, too, of orders— it form the principal basis of calculation if an accu r e t s e s ge undertake er t doubt ake t t h h a e t n es Joint - stockCompanie sreeeulineed e recommended by circumstance which it was impossible for them to gi : l,,v,ssarlieilituas.on estubilialtileednu rate result be desired! We censured the Commissioners for gratuitously d ts k 'i n i e O a lu w l ü ba n e t il o t ue h nx () dp s e lines.had been made generally known— and for advising a large advance for that purpose from the E,,,hequer, without even giving a reason for corning to the fo rm er conclus:on, vvhici., Hdeeti, appeared contrary to tee t.,t;;.teirients of the Melee , •the desire of coin paeies arid capitalists ci - t,6 ck it, raiiwey unevrteeiegs ;a Ireland. To this one of the Ministerial scribes replies, that. the low return which only the Commis6riers had shoe . n could be expected. from the investment of capital ! in tire proposed railways was a sufficient r.-aeon ter en nclu ding that. no Joint-Stock Companies would be found to un dertake them. We have already anticipated this argument., by showing the fallacious basis upon which this return was founded. Another Government print atterriptS to justify the opinion expressed by the Commissioners, by arguing that the railways whicheCompenies have hitherto offered to execute have Only been " partial" lines—that is, not so ex tensive- as those recommended by the Report. But what does this prove as to the intentions of capitalists respecting the lines suggested by the Commissioners? or how does it vindicate the latter for having so upwarrantahly taken upon themselves to predict the determination of the former ? What was said on Monday shows that we ap proved of leaving the Commissioners at full liberty to recommend -the - lines which they might find most be neficial to the public. We do not, - therefero, i. , bject to the omission of al reference to Joint-Stock Companies in tie second letters patent, because it enlarges the sphere of the Commissioners' duties," hut because, in connexion with the estimates of the fallacious returns given by the COM missionefs, and with their recommendation - of public assis tance, it shows the clear outline of a contemplated jab, and of a filching attempt at. John 'Bub's pocket, upon even a more than usually bold and large scale. 'Mi. istia s, it is said; will be ready to %indicate tai air parr in the business when Parliament meets, bat, adds Cupid, with his usual naivete, they will only b.- collie chargeeble w th any blouse which may attach to the propositions of the Commissioners if they approve of and support those recommend aions. So, according to the Whig. 'cede of inor,dity, aa attempted job or robbery is a perfectly innocent act ! The burglar -who is disturbed in his attempt to break into a house by the vigilauce of the police is guilty of no crime, beciitie be has been prevented from compieting the robber) !—Times. SUFFOCATION BY GAS.-03 Saturday after noon, about th ee o'clock, James Cork, st..ker at the Mahlon G.as W: rk., v.as ed 'Ong across the purl ying pan, aid on examination was found to be lifeless. D. ceased, it appe es, who was about to clean out the pan, neg! , cted to shut off the communication with the gasometer before doing so, a :d consequently on openinz it the gas rushed out and caused immediate sulf , cation. D.. G P. .11.,) , was proaiptly in at tendance, but lie found 'life quite extinct. Art inquest was yesterday held before W. Codd. Esq., coroner, wilco several of the Jury remarked that dectnied was of weA intellect, and totally unfit for such an occupation. A verdict accordingly was returned. Deceased, who was son of the Iv,, Sergeant, was a single man, twenty-three years of ago. A considerable quantity of gas was lost in consequence of the above accident, the gasometer being r:early emptied, and the 9.upply was at night insufficient for the town.—Esser Herald. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT SUOREDITCII.—Last night, between eight and nine o'clock, an alarming fire was discovered raging within the wadding manufactory, the pro. perty ef Mr. Ryolk, at Shoreditch. Most unfortunately, on the discovery, no messenger or information was sent to the fire Station till a considerable time after, i,nd not till the flames had burst forth into the air, when a labourer ran to the Whitecross street fire-biigade station, and gave intelligence of the -cala mity. Although the engines of that station were instantly turned out, and proceeded to the scene with all possible speed, by the time it reached Shoreditch the building was in flames from the basement to the roof. The poor creatures, who te nanted the dwellings in Pig's-head-court suffered severely in removing what little they possessed, which was either broken and destroyed, or stolen, by a most desperate gang of thieves, who pretended to lend assistance to the unfortunate sufferers. It was somewhere about half-past nine when the roof fell which forced into the atalosphele large flakes of cotton in a state of ignition, and it descend, d on the rcofs of the houses in the neighbourhood, causing great alarm, but Pit-min:W7 no further injury took place. By the incessant working of the ngines, and the well-directed epeiatiene of the firemen iv ho had charge of the branches, the destruction of prepe, ty, a bit+ is extensive, was confinel to Me. Ryolk's premises. WINDOW MIRRORS.—The torn of Mi.!;llebure offered a more cheerful pres,)cct ; it is reguhr and well built, pleated wilt trees, and has that air of remiv•kable !n all Dutch towns; at every weelov--; on the Firs - fleor were at. tacked moveable mirrors, that enables those slit big within to observe those coming either war. I have seen some of tire(' invtated in Londen and 13a' h at,d thi:ilt it would be a desir able faAtion to introduce rrio:e generally, as it wo•i!d give time to ring the bell, and give orders decerously to to, ser vant, in place of a oung lady running, at the risk of her neck, to call down stairs to John, " hot at home," when the wrung man coiner. to the door. The Dutch are great pet flinciers. In Nliddlebureli I eblerved alt kinds of pisrrots, parroquets, jays, jackthws, piping bulifieches, and c-waries without nuaiber ; gold and silver fish, fat pugs, and all Sind, of Using playthsngs ; I rem irked a btectier followed by a poodle (not ,vlephistophiles), the dog had a cane in his mouth, wad on the vane sat. a emery bird, whistling a sort ef tune. United Service Journal. The Garden of Plants at Paris has lately been fre qut.nted by several lunatie4, who, if not dangcr , ms, are at least extremely annoying. 0,,e of them gues every inornin.: and pines him-elf untkr the cedar of I..cb :non. anti bestows hi:: benedictions upon all the trees and shrubs around him. Sometimes hr preaches to a congregation of children and their nursery maids who eAlect around hun. Another is a misan thrope who vents his spleen upon every one w th whom he comes in contact. A day or two ago he insulted several ladies, and, finding a gentli•man reading quietly sated izr; a bench, he gave Lim a sudden blow on the head. In co:.se= quence of this outrage he tea, Liken into custody. The improvements in progress at the Stable-yard are to be completed by two new large iron gates at the Park entrance, similar to those through which the company are ad mitted to the levees and drawing-rooms in Pali-mall. The exterior of the houses in Ambassadors'-court, occupied by Lord A. Fitzelareuee and Sir Henry Wheatley. Keeper of the Pi .vy Purse have been re-embellished. A female, who departed this transitory life a few days ago, in the department of the Orne, was duly conveyed. after the accustomed lapse of time, to her last home ; but, •• the burial-ground was at some distance, the funeral process, reached it just as night was closing in. As soon as the cofflTi was lowered into the grave several groan: were distinctly hoard from the bottom of the abyss, and the by-standers, uncl, , r the impression that a living being was about to be interred, in sisted upon opening the coffin. That operation having been carried into effect, it was,,iscettained that all apprehension of a premature interment was groundless, and the corpse was once more consigned to its " lowly bed," when the groans were distinctly repeated. The m,j ,, rity of the spectators fled iu dismay; hut an old soldier, who fem-ed neither ghost nor devil, ultimately succeeded in rallying two or three of the most intrepid, with whom he descended into the grave, and there found a drunkard, who, it appears, had tumbled into the " yawning chasm," and fallen fast asleep. The living man was without loss of time restored to the upper regions, and the defunct to the bosom of the earth. —French Paper. A TORY PARsoN.—A Rev. Gent:eman who rejoices in the name of Robinson, a lineal descendant, no doubt, of the celebrated Jack Robinson, on Wednesday, at an entertainment given to the' Earl of Cardigan by the Nor thamptonshire Tories, made a most splendid speech. The calm. dignified, and 'Christian tone which this ornament of the Church displayed, May be inferred Irom the following words: — 4 . Allusion (said the Rev. Gentleman) h d been made to what had b e en done last session of Parliament. It was not now necessary to go back to the memorable L;chfield-house eonspir'acy, by which power and place were secured to one side, and patronage to the other; they need look no further back than la , t session—not the nine months' child, but rather the mouse which came from the mountaia in labour—in order to find abundai.t proof of the incompetency, he feared he must add the dishonesty, of her Majesty's present Government (Cheers. ) When they contemplated what had been done in that last session, they could only exclaim, what tergiveraa tion 1 What miserable self-contradiction I And what con stant truckling to expediency !—( Loud cheering.) They might go through nearly the whole vocabulary of the Eng lish language and tind few words that could bring a blush into the cheeks of Ministers.—(Cheers.) They were almost callous to any feclit g allied to shan,e—(Checrs)—but there was one wcrd which if whispered in their ear, would make V.ein flinch and quiver to their very hearts—that word was ' appropriation.'—( Cheers.) The smooth indifference of Lord Melbourne, the pert self conceit of Lord John Rus sell, the sleepy indolence of Lord Gleneig, :and the callous, practised hardihood of Lord Palmerston, could not endure to hear the sound, 'most musical, most melancholy' of that word appropriation.'—(Cheers ) They knew full well that their conduct on that question, to use the words of a \Vhig friend of their own, Mr. Senior, whom they lately appointed a M ster in Chancery argues a degree of political immorality which in any circumstances of society is not safe, and in our circumstances is almost fatal to indulge in.'—( Loud cheers.) The history of their conduct in that disgraceful affair Ras familiar to them all, and he would only add, in allusion to it, the words of the same Mr. Senior, that no country can expect chirar public spirit or even common honeity in its servants which remune rates such hypocrisy and faction.'—( Loud cheers.) The legislation of last Session was a total failure. The% had seen the Ministers attempting to pass a Bill Kith an appropriation clause, and failing ; they had heard them promising that the Church-rate question should be settled ' " On Wednesday, the 3d of October, a very interest ing and imposing ceremony took place in the Presentation Convent, Sexton -street—the reception of Miss Stewart, a young lady of beauty and acc,nrplishments, only three year,: a convert to the Catholic religion. The Right Rev. Dr. Mur phy, in full pontificals, officiated. About 40 clergymen, in suitannes arid surplices, lined the sanctuary. At twelve o'clock the convent bell announced the approach of the procession. The choir commenced a beautiful hymn ; a train of lovely little girls, in white, bearing in silver baskets the different parts of the nun's dress, preceded the truly interesting novice; she then knelt beton.. the Bishop, who mentioned that, having been a convert, she had nut 1-,!c ived confirm,,thm, which he brit fly explained. and conferred on her. After receiving her assent to the different questions he put to her, she sat down, and a most feeling and eloquent discourse was given on the subject by the Rev. Mr. O'Connor. She then returned in procession to receive the nun's habit, the choir and clergy chanting the appropriate psalm. On her return she, a f ter re _ c'eiving, the white veil from the hands of the Bishop, lay pros trate while the \Toil Creator hymn was being sung, after which she rose, and, embracing the superioress and r, fishers siiters, the preees'!ion returned to the corivee',.. All F .,. bigbly pleated with the ceremony, so novel in our city, and so solemnly beautiful in ittalf.—Listeriek Chronicle. Erk-s•rr INDIA SHIPPING . .• Arrivais.—Th4- 1 Dndman, (Fon-, Alauvitios, of FAmouth, 11, Sior ,,, •.s July 17. and St. He!emt, Aug. 11 ; Rees. frrtn otr Holland: Mary and Jane, Stewart, from the Cape, IS Puoler sailed July 18, and St. Helena, Aug. 11. Arrivals at Madeira.—Her iTh,jesl's brig Columbine, El liott, Sept. 4, from Plymouth, and sailed Sep t. 8, for the Coast of Africa and Cape of Good ; her Majesty' s shi p Herald, Niue, s'ert. 8. from Pi , . and sailed Sept. 9 Ceylon ; 8, from Lowly!), a" I sai!ed Sept. 11 f C.-ylon Por, 4 , r, and tin, Dor set, Bishr. T , 11 from 1,i , ,05t sailed Sept. 1 3 fo r South Austral),; C,, , p 14,1!. Sept. 9, f ro m Liver pool, passed tbi , linads for ii,trilay. Dejiarturci: from Atlas, Hunt, Sept . 5, for the I,,tivisiti,,; Hero Owienh. ito, Sept. 11, fa- St. Mem , after repairing some trifliug damage, and taking, afresh ments. Off the Grnid Ladrom.is ( Chio4.—The Sir (..1:1,1,s Mat" colm, Lyoo, ~arived Ihtv 2714 of April, from Bombay Shig-porc: Arr va!s at l's;.w Aland —The Chieftain (of London), Howes, March 12, with 1,500 barrols; Matilda (of London), Sw,irt, April 20, with 140 barrels; Hai riut (of London), Apsky, May 7, with 1,200 barrels, refitting. At-viral at Kedgeree (.&itgal).—The Isabella, M"n r° ' May 23, from 1.,: , n-ion and Madras. Dli rrturcs from Sawror ( Benr,al).—The Betsy, Suffield, May 20. for Bombay ; Emma, Hudson, May 22, for Lond on; New Grove, to sail the 27th for London. S - rips Spoken With.—The Bland, Callan, from L;verpool to B ngd, Sept. 24, lat. 48 11 N , long. S. W. The overland mall from London of the 17th of Marrb, via% Falmouth, at.d 25th of March, via Marseilles, arrived at Cl" eutta the 22d of May. M. Chaberi, the fanner of the gaining table st; Baden-Baden, is said to have gained during this season severe' milli ns of francs by his conduct. THE CORN MARKETS. —Notwithstanding the rapid fall in the averages, and the consequent rise in the duties on the importation of grain. the impression seems now to bog become strong and general. that the crops, particularly Ow, wheat crop, of the present year will tuvn out to have n vet deficient in amount ; and that, throughout the whole peri° 6 until the next harvest, prices will rule high. Such, indeed; ; i5 the state of opinion on this subject amongst houses engag ed the corn trade, that there are sume who coofidently expect teats yen before Christmas, we shall again see :be duty on wheat down to one shilling per quart, r. We do not ourselves eetation that this is a probable contingency : we have Le CXP that a great advance of prices , will come upon us .so quickly Indeed, Vie poor quality of much of the grain of this YF ar iv growth a ill itself have a great teikency, by the comparatlve low price the article will command, to keep down the aveages: and thus Fos; pone so great a teduct:Mi in the duty as might otNrrt t hink. wise be anticipated. We are inclined, however, to think th' this reduction will come ; end that, during the next session o f Par liament, the repeal of :he Corn-I , ws will be demanded in such' a tone, and by such a portion of the nation, that an earnest C 1.15 cussion and inves=tigation of the subject must take place in Parini: nient ; and thst Nlinisters will have to make their delibe rate el le time, whether th.-y be content to as regards this qn esil" ':,iti ere stewards of the landed Arigtotraey, or whether th e y - „ r d dopt the more honourable and politic course which oth true interests of the country would unquestionably ratty. tate—that of energetically endeavouring to free t he co n its trAti the most perilous evil and the greatest clog ,111)° f prosperity with which it is Our anticipations °_se. considerable advance in prices are shared by parties wilrfia'ig. views as to the Corn-laws differ widely from our own."'" cheater Guartian. bora BANIBUI:CiIi.—The bodies of the sufferers on • on the unfortunate Fwfarshire are now beginning to be cast 00 shore. Thii week no fewer than four have been folio' w as; Sunday the body i f W. Douthy, or Doiethy, a firt_enlB,,c Wreck, flind.floatirg within 300 yards of the place of 0? - n re ot her The others are, one at Creswell, one at Newton, an d 8 t b at Beadneli. On the person of one was found a gold and chain ; his linen is marked P. L. G., and it is suPPGsca to he the body of a Mr. Grant. BOrtotluti OF SLIGO.—The Tories are -n hv ha baba of asserting that they are invari , ibly support"" t yi pertioti of the constituencies , . and . " respet,ble" di `sates tto-tr interest are overborne b the la bouseholderg' resPe etl " N.Jw, we hold that the electors of this class are as • _ O , ble" as any ethers—hut. at all events, their right to vote an , not be questioned. It is curious, however, that when' las s opportunity occurs of testing the opinions of the highe r - ss f u l of electors in our beioughs, the Tories are just as unsucae as ever. A remarkable illwtration of this kind bas just hf ec, e that the ca--- afforded in the town of Sligo, where, on Tuesday last. an e S 0 tion took place, to fill a vacancy at the Hoard of C on sinners for the improvement of the town and harbour. , electe a ; ex-Member, Mr. John Martin, who had been once a Reformer, and afterwards ratted to Toryisni, was a eurtdid6e: in opposition to Mr. Ramsay, a Liberal. None but 201. hi g i r holeers were qualified to vote on this occasion, and thus a , trial of strentrh took place between the antagon ist p artie s, what the Tories call the respectable" constituency. was the r,sult ? A majority of 31 fur Mr. Ramsay.-L'u" Evening Post. WOLSEY AND IS " 00L."—Among the , 2 ,, r ; dinals who are recorded as having kept fools, our own Nir°' l ., - ; mos: not b • forgotten; and like the Bishop we have P --t f referred to, he would seem to have good cause to repent u a " having dtsobeyed in this respect the ordinances of the Chor e "' Wolsey, who, it is well known, was the son of a butcher, re ceived no heartier congratulations on obtaining his C ardinars hat than those whist, h s jester offered him you are a Cardinal," said the jester ; " no . w ‘ a/ Tehlukn°Glll7d r i2 e g d i metre to desire than to see you Pope." The Cardinal inqui. of hiei his reasons fur this w he thereforeyOrdainedhe fasts , tba Peter was a fisherman, and fish might fetch a better pric e; now , your Eminen ce being n:1 butcher bra d, would of cou r s e a b o li s h fasts, and contlr:a,_ s us to eat meat, that your trade m ight flourish. Miser llany. boail Yesterday morring, about one o'clock, as i t_ ,h 0 belo,ging to a pleasure -vessel from Queenborough, '" ; 1 , 0 Isle of Sheppy, which had only arrived the previous iiight, was proceeding on bo .rd. under the command of the mate, 5„01.,, swamped nearly epposite the Ship and Half-moon-stairs, uod with, when the whole party were immersed in the wate r ' ar , e s in the greatest peril ot their lives (no assistance beiog the that ea.!). hour), two of whom unfortunately mate and a r , spectable female of the name of Wratten,..oictilo ieg a yeteig family to lament her loss. Neither of the have been found. ,Th lB QUEEN ELIZABETH AND HER TINIES• eo plc new work is a performance of remarkable interest to the li, re sit perished, fv, of England. We have already bad histories of this i ? a ed Sovereign ; but, in these volumes, she aeld her statesinbeeing. & warriors are made to write their own : the volumes. vitt, collection of their principal letters, now first brought,"lrAed on all the great transactions of a period the most di ve Thus arid important in the whole range of English history. and de the trei sections are given with the accuracy, Intete*it , 3 and tails that might he expected from the individu al actnllsdceara we have the thoughts and scenes of nearly three huntir'.eit.diar P. ago, with tl:c freshness of yesterday. Indee d, the the source of the value of these volumes is, that they of recent events of the age from hour to hour with all the force impruseiousi —New Monthly. EFOCI I ! 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